backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to show up; to appear; to turn up
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
one day; (on) a certain day
shopping; purchased goods
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
skill; dexterity; master hand
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
still; even now; to this day
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
end; close; finish; termination
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
place to die; place of death
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time